Whistling in the Dark (1933 film)
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Whistling in the Dark is a 1933 comedy crime film starring Ernest Truex
as a murder mystery writer whose scheme for a perfect murder comes to the attention of a gangster, played by Edward Arnold
, who decides to use it. The film is based on the 1932 Broadway
play of the same name by Laurence Gross and Edward Childs Carpenter.
Ernest Truex
Ernest Truex was an American actor of stage and film.-Career:...
as a murder mystery writer whose scheme for a perfect murder comes to the attention of a gangster, played by Edward Arnold
Edward Arnold (actor)
Edward Arnold was an American actor. He was born on the Lower East Side of New York City as Gunther Edward Arnold Schneider, the son of German immigrants Carl Schneider and Elizabeth Ohse.-Acting career:...
, who decides to use it. The film is based on the 1932 Broadway
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
play of the same name by Laurence Gross and Edward Childs Carpenter.
Cast
- Ernest Truex as Wallace Porter
- Una MerkelUna MerkelUna Merkel was an American Tony Award-winning stage and film actress.-Life and career:Una Merkel was born in Covington, Kentucky, and grew up in Philadelphia and New York City. She bore a resemblance to actress Lillian Gish and began her career as a stand-in for Gish, most notably in the 1928...
as Toby Van Buren - Edward Arnold as Jake Dillon
- John MiljanJohn MiljanJohn Miljan was an American actor of Serbian origin. He appeared in 201 films between 1924 and 1958.He died from cancer.-Selected filmography:* The Lone Chance * Silent Sanderson...
as Charlie Shaw - C. Henry GordonC. Henry GordonC. Henry Gordon was an American film actor. He appeared in 79 films between 1930 and 1940. He was a Hollywood villain of the 1930s....
as Ricco Lombardo - Johnny Hines as Slim Scanlon
- Joseph CawthornJoseph CawthornJoseph Cawthorn was an American stage and film comic actor....
as Otto Barfuss - Nat PendletonNat PendletonNathaniel Greene "Nat" Pendleton was an American Olympic wrestler and film actor.-Early life:Pendleton was born in Davenport, Iowa to Adelaide E. and Nathaniel G. Pendleton. He studied at Columbia University where he began his wrestling career. He was twice Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling...
as Joe Salvatore - Tenen HoltzTenen HoltzTenen Holtz was a Russian actor. He appeared in nearly 60 films between 1926 and 1961.He was born Elihu "Elye" Tenenholtz in the hamlet of Azran, near the city of Rovne and came to the United States the age of ten...
as Herman Lefkowitz - Marcelle Corday as Hilda